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Thursday, October 9, 2014

The Names Book: – 10 Years Old and Still a GREAT Resource!!

Names are powerful for all of us.I am always thrilled to see how many students who are
considered to have significant intellectual impairment are able to recognize
the names of so many of their classmates.This is likely due to two factors:

1)Names are important
to all of us

2)We actually teach
names, even if incidentally, using name cards during Circle Time/ Morning
Meeting, for schedules, etc.

If students are able to learn to recognize their names as
sight words, how much more could we do using their names for instruction?Hall and Cunningham have done this,
using names to support emergent and early conventional writing (e.g.,
Predictable Chart Writing), phonemic awareness and phonics, and math
skills.This book is clearly written
and presents ideas in a way that will support teachers, aides, therapists, and
parents.Enjoy!